46th parallel north

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Line across the Earth
46°
46th parallel north
In the United States, the parallel defines part of the border between Washington and Oregon.

The 46th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 46 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 15 hours, 45 minutes during the summer solstice and 8 hours, 38 minutes during the winter solstice.[1]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 46° north passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  France
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.   Switzerland
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Italy Passing through Lake Maggiore
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.   Switzerland Passing through Lake Lugano
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Italy Passing through Lake Como
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Slovenia Passing just south of Ljubljana
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Croatia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Hungary
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Serbia For about 7 km
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Hungary For about 4 km
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Serbia For about 2 km
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Hungary For about 5 km
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Serbia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Romania
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Moldova
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Ukraine
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Black Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Ukraine Crimea (claimed and controlled by  Russia)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sea of Azov
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Caspian Sea
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Kazakhstan Passing through the Aral Sea and Lake Balkhash
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  People's Republic of China Xinjiang
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Mongolia
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  People's Republic of China Inner Mongolia
Jilin - for about 7 km
Inner Mongolia
Jilin
Heilongjiang — passing about 30 km north of Harbin
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia Primorsky Krai
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sea of Japan
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia Sakhalin island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sea of Okhotsk
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Russia Island of Urup, Kuril Islands
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Pacific Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United States Oregon
Washington
Washington/Oregon border
Idaho
Montana
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lake Michigan
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United States Michigan - Upper Peninsula and Drummond Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lake Huron North Channel - passing just north of Cockburn Island and Manitoulin Island, Ontario,  Canada
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada Ontario
Quebec
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  United States Maine
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada New Brunswick
Nova Scotia (for about 2 km)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Northumberland Strait
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada Prince Edward Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Northumberland Strait
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  Canada Nova Scotia - Cape Breton Island
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Atlantic Ocean
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.  France Île d'Oléron and the mainland

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/Dur_OneYear.php
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